Bantou Liu was getting angry when the guy who reported to him from the official post came again.

"What, you can't even drink the medicine?" After listening to the waiter's report, Team Leader Liu asked with a happy face.

"Yes." The guy nodded.

"That's great, hahaha..."

Captain Liu was overjoyed and asked his men to go back to the official post to continue watching. He then told his subordinates to continue to wait for the Taoist priests to come out, while he hurried to Wei Mao's house to report the news.

When he arrived at the Wei Mansion, he told Wei Maoyi about the situation. Wei Maoyi was very happy and said: "Okay, Liu Shui, you did a good job. Come and give him ten taels of silver."

Someone brought ten taels of silver to Bantou Liu. Bantou Liu happily took the silver, nodded and bowed to Wei Mao and said, "Thank you, sir, for the reward."

Wei Mao said: "Liu Shui, go back and keep watching. If Su Yuanjing dies, come and tell me right away."

"Don't worry, sir. If there is any news, I will report it immediately."

After Liu Bantou left, Wei Mao said to Tang Zhan with a smile on his face: "Su Yuanjing is the Grand Master's mortal enemy. He always goes against the Grand Master in court, which makes the Grand Master very upset. This time it will be fine, as long as he dies. , from now on no one in this court will dare to go against the Grand Master."

Tang Zhan immediately said in a flattering manner: "Your Excellency can help the Grand Master get rid of his mortal enemy this time. The Grand Master will definitely be very happy and will definitely express his gratitude to you. At least he will be promoted to three levels."

"Hahaha……"

Wei Mao felt comfortable and laughed.

However, he soon thought of the two people detained by Su Yuanjing in the official post, and immediately he couldn't be happy anymore.

The two people detained were Tian Delao, the commander of the imperial army stationed in Caizhou, and Fan Tianlai, the military commander of the capital. Wei Mao colluded with them and did a lot of bad things, and he was worried that they would be taken back to confess. Finished.

"Wei Ding should have arrived in Bianjing, right?" Wei Mao asked.

"It should be here by noon." Tang Zhan said.

Wei Mao said: "I hope the Grand Master will reply soon, so that I can feel at ease."

Tang Zhan said: "Don't worry, sir. Based on the time it takes to reply to letters to the Grand Master in the past, there will be a reply the day after tomorrow at most."

Wei Mao nodded. At this time, a maid came to report that dinner was ready. He waved his hand and Tang Zhan withdrew.

The sun's shadow moves westward.

When the last ray of light disappeared, the sky turned completely dark.

Drive! Drive! Drive!

In the darkness, twenty-eight horses were still galloping on the official road.

"Wu Hai, where is the place to eat and feed the horses?" Hua Ju, who was running at the front, asked.

No one had eaten when they came out. Although he could insist on it, he couldn't let the guards stop eating too. Especially the horses had to rest and eat something, otherwise they would be exhausted and broken.

"There is a town about twenty miles ahead. There is a small inn in the town where you can eat and feed the horses." Wu Hai said.

He had already traveled this road twice, and he knew very well where he could eat and feed the horses.

Soon, they arrived at the small town. Hua Ju saw a small inn on the roadside still open and said, "Everyone, get off your horses and have something to eat."

"The guest officer is here, please come inside."

Before Hua Ju and the others could get off their horses, a waiter ran out of the inn and guided them into the store with a bow and a nod.

"Do you have a feeding place here?" Hua Ju jumped off his horse and asked.

The waiter pointed to an open space next to the inn and said, "Yes, yes, this is a place dedicated to feeding horses. Our fodder is all of the best quality."

Hua Ju took a look and saw that the open space was surrounded by stables and troughs for feeding horses.

"Everyone, please lead the horses over."

Hua Ju gave the order, and the guard took the horse and tied it in the stable, and then followed Hua Ju into the inn.

This inn is not large, with only eight tables set up. There are no other customers in the store at this time, and all the tables are empty, making it look a bit empty.

There were four people per table, and seven tables were filled in no time.

"What would you like to eat, sir?" Hua Ju and others had just sat down when the shopkeeper came over and asked.

Hua Ju said: "As long as it can fill your stomach, you can eat whatever you want. The sooner the better, we will be on our way soon."

The shopkeeper wanted to bring more business to the store, so he said, "It's not safe to travel in the dark. Why don't you stay in the store for one night before leaving?"

Hua Ju said: "It's okay. There are many of us, so nothing will happen. Just go and have the food delivered."

"Okay, okay, everyone, wait a moment, we'll be here soon." The shopkeeper immediately asked the waiter to tell the kitchen to serve the food.

There was not much time, so the waiter brought out all the food. The main course was donkey meat, which was a big plate full, at least more than a pound.

Hua Ju said: "Everyone, hurry up and eat. We have to be on our way soon."

"yes."

The guards ate hungrily, and in less than five minutes, all the food was swept away.

"Shopkeeper, your donkey meat is pretty good, is there any more?" Hua Ju asked.

"Yes, yes, do you want more?" the shopkeeper asked.

Hua Ju said: "Give us each two kilograms of bag, we can eat on the way."

He had to be on the road all night, and even if there were good places, they were probably closed. He didn't want to disturb others' rest, so he brought some food for everyone, and when he was tired, he just found a place to sit down and have something to eat.

"Okay, I'll have someone prepare it for you right away." The shopkeeper immediately called the waiter over and asked him to notify the kitchen to pack.

After about twenty minutes, the waiter brought the packaged donkey meat and distributed it to everyone. Hua Ju asked, "Has the horse been fed?"

"It's already fed," the waiter said.

Hua Ju let everyone rest for a few more minutes, and then asked Wu Hai and others to go out and get the horses out first, while he paid the bill behind.

"Shopkeeper, how much does it cost?" Hua Ju asked while standing in front of the counter.

"A total of two or four denarii," said the shopkeeper.

Hua Ju took out an ingot of five taels of silver and put it on the counter. After the shopkeeper collected it, he first took two taels of silver and put it on the counter. Then he picked up the small silver scale and prepared to weigh six more pieces of silver and change them together.

Beech.

At this moment, a man suddenly walked in from outside. It was Wei Ding who had rushed back to deliver a message to Wei Mao on Cai Jing's order.

"Shopkeeper Zhao, please give me a room. I want to stay."

Wei Ding often went to Bianjing to deliver letters for Wei Mao. He was already familiar with the innkeeper, so he shouted directly when he came in.

"Hey, Mr. Wei, are you coming to Bianjing?" the shopkeeper said with a smile.

"yes."

The shopkeeper said: "Didn't you just arrive in Bianjing today? Why did you go back so soon?"

Wei Ding looked tired and said: "There is no way, the matter is urgent and I have to go back quickly, otherwise I don't want to be so tired."

The shopkeeper said: "Then you go upstairs and rest quickly. It's still the old room. I'll have someone bring the food and wine to your room later."

Wei Ding nodded and went up the stairs on the left.

Hua Ju had never met Wei Ding, and did not know that he was from the prefect of Caizhou, nor did he know that he had taken Cai Jing's letter and returned to Wei Ding to risk his life.

So he didn't care, took the money the shopkeeper gave him, went out, got on his horse and left with everyone.

The night has passed and a new day has begun.

It's four o'clock in the morning.

Outside the south gate of Caizhou, horse hooves galloped and dust flew.

The officers and soldiers guarding the city gate looked up and saw twenty-eight people riding fast horses rushing towards this direction like lightning. The person running at the front was a young master.

After Hua Ju and others left the inn last night, they drove all the way. Except for stopping three times to let the horses rest, they spent the rest of the time on the road.

After a night of hurried travel, we finally arrived in Caizhou before noon.

"Stop!" the general guarding the city stood in the middle of the road and stretched out his hand to stop him.

Hua Ju pulled the reins to stop the horse and asked, "What's the matter?"

The general looked at Huaju carefully and asked, "Who are you?"

Wu Hai rode up to Hua Ju and said, "This is Mr. Hua, the commander of the escort army. Please get out of the way."

"You are the attendant of Taiwei Su."

When Wu Hai and Su Yuanjing came to Caizhou and returned to Bianjing to report, they always used this city gate, so the generals who defended the city already knew him.

"Exactly."

The general looked at Huaju, clasped his fists and bowed, saying: "I am a commander in this humble position. I offend you so much. Please forgive me."

"He who does not know does not sin."

Hua Ju then asked: "Can I enter the city?"

"Your Excellency, please." The general stood by the city gate and stretched his hand into the city gate and said.

Hua Ju shook the reins lightly and rode into the city, followed by Wu Hai and others.
To be continued...